But the rest of the world got Shakespeare (on crack).
Samurai Shodown
Fun fact.
This was the first fighting game to utilise pets during battle.
Namely, Galford's wolf Poppy and Nakoruru's eagle Mamahaha.
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| Hanzo It's your pick! Heaven. Hell. But Bermuda is impossible!! |
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| Gen-An No one calls me freak and lives! No one but my wife, that is. |
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| Nakoruru Never. Corpse breath! |
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| Ukyo Hey! That's my face. You're meat, beanhead. |
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| Earthquake I'll clean my teeth with you. |
Charlotte
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| A woman of my breeding cannot lose. |
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| Don't ever talk about my breastplate again! |
Why not French floozy? It makes my heart go pit-a-pat.
Galford
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| Buzz off, beanbrain or taste my steel. |
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| My eyes are blue, but I know samurai's spirits! |
Shut up blonde buffoon and eat my plasma blades.
Kyoshiro
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| You fool! You... you critic! To the pits of hell, slime! |
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| Chasing away my audience!! Idiot!! Face your punishment. |
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| To the fires of hell with you, ham! |
My hate will dine with you in heaven, gammon.
Wan-Fu
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| I thought I was dead. But I think I'm Cleopatra, too. |
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| Think of the glory. Cut me down and live forever in legend. |
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| Goodbye, brothers. Forget me not in that eternal sleep. |
Begone, sisters. Remember thee in history, forever tortured.
Tam Tam
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| My boiling blood bubbles for battle. |
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| My spirit burns like the sun and I shall dry you like a prune. |
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| Feel the samba rhythm. Chika cha, chika cha. Babaloooh. |
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| I salute your noble death. Wook ah wook ah woo woo. |
My aura buzzes like a fridge and spits like a camel with shingles.
Wakka makka yay yay.
Amakusa
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| Heh, heh. Justice is nothing to the power of the dark guy. Grovel, slug. |
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| Heh, heh. That's right, my critic's punching bag. Join the dark guy, now! |
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| That's right, blubber boy. Join the dark guy and the world is your fingerbowl. |
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| Heh, heh. My lord thirsts for your strength in his lowly little love nest. |
The universe is my oyster and romance drinks lust inside funhouse.
Endings
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| Haohmaru Whew, what a fight. I'm speachless, not! |
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| Kyoshiro This is how a real kabuki dances! Woogie woogie wee! |
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| Wan-Fu I'm more than you expect, pal! And it's not just the weight. |
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| Ukyo Life is a stewed peach in a lot of syrup... Ukyo. |
Despair is a stuck pig bathing in treacle... Host.
Samurai Shodown II
One of the greatest sequels ever made begins with a quote more iconic than "All your base are belong to us".
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| Long long ago, there were a man who try to make his skill ultimate. Because of his bloody life, it's no accident that he was involved in the troubles. |
And this isn't unique to anybody.
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| All creature will die and all the things will be broken. That's the law of samurai. |
WHAT THE FUCK DOES ANY OF THAT EVEN MEAN?
HA HA HA!
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| Gen-An Dead, dead, you are dead! Serve you right! He he he! |
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| Jubei I'll mannerd fellow, here I go! |
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| Nicotine What a nice person! You kindly give the palm to such a crock. |
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| Cham Cham Shit! You really make me mad! |
Pretty wacky stuff, huh?
Sieger
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| We are knights each other. Let's fight fair and square! |
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| Don't be hateful each other. Love is the best strength. |
Hanzo
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| I can look your destiny of death on your face. |
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| To heaven or to hell, anything is decided by destiny. |
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| I said you before, didn't I? Pass away! |
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| I'll be never beaten by anybody who lives in confort, like you. |
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| How weak you are! I might kill you as well as "tofu" with my sword! |
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| I slay my imitation with my sword together with Mt. Fuji! |
Interquel gave characters two personas (Slash or Bust) and graphical overhaul resulted in a much darker aesthetic.
Endings
As text scrolls, screenshots are pointless.
Hanzo
And so, Hanzo defeated the evil demon destroyer of villages, scourge of peasants. "The endless death, the orphans' cries echo...No matter how familiar I become with evil, you I do not forgive. To hell!" Hanzo disappears in the rain, leaving Zankuro's corpse.
Rimururu
"Forgive me for leaving without a word. For I have found my one way of life, sister. The sun and moon show me. How many moons has it been since my exit? Yes, I was lonely, but no place knows not the wind! With you by my side, I have no worries. Don't worry for me! I'm okay; you're okay!"
And most bizarre of all.
Ukyo
Ukyo. 18-years-old.
"The world is nothing...
A barren dream it seems."
20-years-old.
"Knowing you, life's murky waters have cleared."
25-years-old.
"I remember the beautiful face of an evil goddness."
"I cannot go with you... I sall die alone boo hoo."
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
Aside from bringing back legacy characters, new additions included suicide moves and Mortal Kombat-esque fatalities.
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| Amakusa Burn oh pearl of strength and evil. Burn! Burn! Burn! |
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| Basara The chimes of nightmares peel through the air. The battle begins! |
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| Galford So sue me. I hate evil! |
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| Rimururu You're one big, nasty demon, you! |
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| Sogetsu Well, I really don't feel like losing to a dweeb like your pathetic self! |
Charlotte
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| Let's hurry. Vite, vite! |
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| Feel my lion fangs! |
Genjuro
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| If you like life, be like a library and book! |
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| Nice job, noodlehead. |
Beyond the grave, there is reading and words.
Great work, chicken chops.
Haohmaru
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| This place stinks of evil... and gym socks! |
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| Let's blade boogie! |
The battlefield reeks of enemies... and soiled knickers.
Hanzo
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| Fear drove you down! |
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| O, the desolation! A heartless world indeed! |
Worry bowled me over, but I got up again, you're never gonna keep me down.
Kyoshiro
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| Now, back to the smell of the crowd and the roar of greasepaint! |
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| Your sour look speaks of a silly spat ahead! |
Gaira
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| The broken milestone. This castle. Coincidence? |
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| You look really weak. Come, I'll butch you up! |
Ending
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| Quiet! You silly monk! Go now? |
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| You fool! It's excommunication for you! |
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| You loud-mouthed geezer! |
Victoly!!
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